Charles Schwab is a large US brokerage and wealth-management platform covering stocks, ETFs, funds, options and retirement accounts. It is not a typical CFD broker; users should review account type, SIPC/regulatory protection, options permission and fees.
Identify the onboarding entity from these records before applying the score or any client protection to an account.
You contract with one of the licensed entities below, not with the brand. Protection differs enormously between jurisdictions, so check which entity actually onboards you.
Schwab strength is scale, regulation and integrated account services. Assess risk as securities/options account risk, not FX CFD account risk.
Generated by AI from structured facts above. All sources are linked under "Why this score".
As of 2026-10-11, the FXCN database records 1 active licence(s) for Charles Schwab: FINRA #5393, including 1 Tier-1 licence(s). Every entry links to its public evidence source — see the licence table above.
Charles Schwab was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in United States.
Take the licence number to the regulator's official register (FCA Register, ASIC Connect, NFA BASIC, etc.) and search it. Every licence row on FXCN links to its regulator evidence page with a last-verified date.
The FXCN score combines 5 weighted dimensions: Regulation 30%, Risk control 20%, Transparency 20%, Reputation 20%, Disclosure 10%. As of 2026-10-11, 3/5 dimensions have enough public data to assess; not yet assessed: Reputation, Disclosure. Unassessed dimensions stay at the base score of 50 — they neither add points nor trigger the "any dimension too low" downgrade. We would rather flag a gap than fill it with a guess. Every individual point adjustment is listed in the evidence table above. Methodology
Brokers sharing a regulator appear first, followed by alternatives in the same headquarters jurisdiction and risk band. Every relationship comes from structured FXCN data; nothing is random.
